how many times have we seen photos like these, where they proudly display his newly signed executive orders? that doesn t apply to all papers. sometimes he s just as happy to let her rip. politico reports that he has a tendency to rip up papers he s finished with. the presidential reports act, which requires many documents to be preserved in the national archives. politico reports that aides cannot get him to stop, so one former records staffer says his entire department was dedicated to the task of tape paper back together. just to be clear, there were at least for a time people who work at the white house whose job it was to tape pieces of paper together? that the president should not have ripped up in the first place? mr. president this is now how